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if poch finished his season, ofc maresca will finish his season also

Barring an extraordinary run of events, Chelsea are planning to assess Maresca at the end of the season. (@Matt_Law_DT)

Some are young still and not played often enough in the PL. The guys like Estevao, Santos, Essugo, Hato etc. For guys like Robert Sanchez (27), Reece James (25), Trevor Chalobah (26), Tosin (28), Marc Cucurella (27), Enzo Fernandez (24), amongst a few others, now they have a good amount of games at the club and even outwith that, a lot of collective experiences between them from club and international level for some good competitive nations. The captain, vice captain & third captain have got nearly 700 games between them at club level if my maths is right. And about 120-130 international caps. So it just shows that it is not necessarily just experience but accountability and actual leadership skills. Said it before, James & Fernandez should’ve never been given those roles under Poch when Thiago Silva was there. Was too quick of a shift in the squad, losing and offloading experienced players who were leaders in there. BlueCo have a lot to answer for.

Exactly theyre not a young side anymore! But like you say there isnt that experience or headship on the field or players to take ownership of their mistakes.

The sporting directors and board believe they are making the right signings and buying quality though. They have done ever since binning most of the players off from that first transfer window with BlueCo. I alluded to in another thread, the quality in the starting 11 without Cole, Reece & Moises isn’t really there. Not only that, there are guys who need to develop in the squad. This is why you need a mix of players with quality, proven, experienced players in and around the place who are good professionals. Guys to carry the load a bit when youngsters and inconsistent players struggle or pull them through games. And to influence or mentor the guys off the field. The balance is well off. And we have been seeing that for 3 years now. Some of the guys have been here for a good couple of seasons now though and need to take a look in the mirror too, hiding behind this young team moniker and not taking responsibility. Trev alluded to it after the Man Utd game I think about how they’ve played in the PL for years now. Personally feel Enzo Fernandez is one. Defos a few others too. No nastiness or ruthlessness about us at all, just a soft touch, we roll over and the “we are a young team we need to learn from this experience” excuse comes out 99.9% of the time from players or the manager. But we never learn. Never seen the likes of it for as long as I can remember - the recruitment model is snowballing into what looks like a serious lack of sporting ambition also. I remember Jose’s second spell, one season in we were sitting third with a good record in bigger games and folk thought we could maybe be outside title contenders. He said that we were a small horse that needed milk and to learn to jump. Next summer he went out, recalled Courtois, signed Fabregas, Filipe Luis & Diego Costa. Won the title and League Cup.

Yeahhhh most likely. Mean majority of predictions was between them and Liverpool and both teams have signed players to win!! Think Arsenal will edge it this time

Enzo Maresca retains the full faith of the Chelsea board and sporting directors. Injuries and red cards seen as biggest factor in recent results. Chelsea's aim remains to finish inside top four and have a run in the cups. [@Matt_Law_DT] 🤐😌

https://streamin.me/v/0e30a8c4 sign this guy

And with Conte and tuchel they made many woeful buys. So that is not good enough for me.

This board will love it if we stay up

Arsenal will win the league this season. Hate to say it but they will.

We are mid table table fodder and are looking up at the lies of Arsenal and all the teams we used to steam roll The club is on the biggest downward spiral for many many years

Yep and Caicedo is one of very few, this club is still a million miles away from having players that can tie the laces of these players. We have no leaders, no players who can match the players of many years ago hence we are a million miles away from what we are looking for

Watching Arsenal play is depressing..we used to be like that..how tables have turned 😭

Awww there we are...top 2 still stay top 2 that aint changing most likely just cause of who finishes where

Last minute goal for arsenal... 2-1...

For us to have a good defensive record for such a young team last year, either the manager knows what he's doing or our defenders are exceptional for their age. Currently, everyone seems to be criticising the manager, so is it the players?

you said which is a general statement implying we have no MFers of that level

yes the main problem is our strategy and how the owners and the board see the club, regardless the manager

That’s how I see it too.

Sunderland and Newcastle are sides that need to stay in the PL as the fans/grounds are absolutely fucking brilliant...Passionate as fuck, loud as fuck and very proud of their club, I hope Sunderland stay up I really do

They strengthened the best out of all promoted teams. They spent the most ever for a promoted team. The fact they obtained likes of Xhaka, Mukiele is a statement of intent. They haven't just bought average players as well. They have bought really good players and have really good depth. They spent what near £30m on Brobbey and he can't even get near the team right now. It would be a brilliant achievement if they stay up but out of all the promoted teams, they have the best chance imo. Xhaka signing was a major coup.

Liverpool will do us over big time and hopefully it's the end of Maresca

It's happened before when a board doesn't back a manager, the issue is, the cunts are picking the team from above Maresca and buying him players he doesn't want, nothing will change